Furniture



7 April 30, 1940- L. D. FISHER ,199,238

FURNITURE Filed Feb. 28, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 1940- L. D. FISHER2,199,238

FURNITURE F iled Feb. 28, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 l I a 5 glwucwtm wfigLP.Fi571er Patented Apr. 30, 19.40

FURNITURE Louis Donald Fisher,

to Grays .Harbor Aberdeen, Wash" assignor Chair & Mfg. Company,

Hoquiam, Wash, a corporation of -Washington Application February 28,1939, Serial No. 259,018

1 Glaim.

This invention relates to furniture, and it is an object of theinvention to provide an article of furniture which is to be shippedknocked-down direct to the consumer-and wherein the various parts of thearticle are so constructed as to be readily put together by the consumerwithout requiring any particular skill. 7

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedfurniture whereby certain important advantages are attained and thearticle rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenientand advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

Thenovel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

. In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in perspective of thefront frame of an article of furniture;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view in perspective illustrating one of theside panels in applied position;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective illustrating the furtherstep in assembling the article of applying the back panel;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the step for applyingthe top panel;

Figure 5 is a view in front elevation of the completearticle offurniture;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken thru I the assembled articleof furniture at the side and top thereof;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line1--1 of Figure 6 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through theupper front portion of the assembled furniture.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, the article of furniture is what is known as a drawer chest.As the drawers form same are omitted.

In the accompanying drawings, F denotes a front frame which comprisesthe side members I and the suitably spaced cross members 2. The spacebetween adjacent cross members 2 provides the desired opening throughwhich a drawer is to be inserted. The rear outer corner portion of eachof the members I is provided therealong with a rabbet 3 as particularlyillustrated in no part of the invention the" drawings. It is believedthe accompanying draw.-

Figures 1 and 3 of the to be self-evident from ings that the members Iand shipped in knock-down form and can be properly outrequiring anyparticular skill.

Each of the-sidepanels S is of desired dimensions and suitably securedto the innerside face that the .same

of the panel S are the transverse members 4 suitably spaced apartlengthwise of the panel with the member 4 at the top end of the: panelliavinga fiatfaice flush with the adjacent top edge of thepanel. Theremaining members 4 are formed to provide the usual drawer slides which,of course, are positioned'upon the panel S for proper coaction withthe'drawer openings of the front frame F. The members 4 ateach endterminate a slight distance inwardly from the adjacent longitudinalmargin'of the side panel S for= a purpose to be hereinafter moreparticularly referred to. In the present embodiment of my invention eachof the side panels S is rectangular.

Glued or otherwise securely held to the inner face of each of the sidepanels S are the screw blocks 5 each having afiat face flush with theforward ends of the members 4. Each of these blocks 5 is providedtherethrough with an opening 6 substantially at right angles to saidflush face of the block and through which a screw 1 is to be inserted aswill later be explained.

2 can be readily assembled by the consumer withf' The extension of thefront longitudinal maras to be snugly received within the rabbet 3 whenthe furniture is assembled and the extended portion at the rearlongitudinal margin of the side panel S is substantially equal to thethickness of a back panel B.

The top panel T is of such dimensions as desired and is provided in itsunder surface along its rear margin with a rabbet or dado 8.

The furniture is intended to be shipped knockdown to the consumeraccompanied, of course, with the necessary instructions as to the mannerof assembling the parts. In such assembly the front frame F is placedface down on the floor or bench and the side panels S with the members 4applied are placed along the side members l of the front frame F withthe forward extended marginal portion of each of the panels engagingwithin a rabbet 3 and the blocks 5 resting upon the inner face of theadjacent member I. The screws 1 are then inserted through the openings 6of the blocks 5 and threaded into the member I whereby the side panel Sis effectively held to the front frame.

After the side panels S have been applied the back panel B is placedupon the rear and upwardly disposed ends of the members 4 with the uppermarginal portion of the panel 13 extending a slight distance above thetop cross members 4. The back panel B is then secured to the members 4by driving nails through the back panel into the adjacent ends of themembers 4.

The top: panel T is then laid upon the floor or bench with its underface upwardly disposed. The assembled front frame F, side panels S andback panel B are then upended and placed upon the top panel T with theextended top portion of the back panel B snugly engaging within the dadoor rabbet 8 as is partcularly illustrated in Figure 4. Nails are driventhrough this extended portion of the back panel B into the top panel Tand top cross member 4 of each of the side panels S and the topmember 2of the front frame F are secured to the top panel '1 by screws. Theparts as assembled in Figure 4 are then upended as illustrated in Figure5 and the structure is then ready to receive the drawers.

The lower portions of the members I of the front frame may have securedthereto the bottom depending skirt 9 and the lower portion of each ofthe side panels S may be cut away, as at ill, or otherwise formed toincrease the esthetio value of the assembly.

It is also of advantage to secure to the inner faces of the side panelsS below the cross members 4 the reinforcing or strengthening board II.

It is to be stated that if preferred the members 4 in shipment may beseparate from the panel S proper as can also the board I I referred to.It is also believed to be obvious that the skirt 9 is separate inshipment.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that anarticle of furniture constructed in accordance with my invention ispar-- ticularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience andfacility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obviousthat my I invention is susceptible of some change and modificationwithout departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for thisreason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

An: article of furniture comprising a front frame including sidemembers, side panels, cross members carried by the inner face of each ofthe side panels to contact directly with a side member of the frontframe, blocks carried by each of the side panels for direct contact witha side member of the front frame, means for securing said blocks to saidside member, a top panel secured to the top cross members of the sidepanels and to the top of the front frame, the rear outer longitudinalportion of each of the side members of the front frame having a rabbetextending therealong, the adjacent side panel extending beyond the crossmembers of the side panel to engage within said rabbet, the side panelsalso extending beyond the rear ends of the cross members, a back panelsecured to the rear ends of the cross members and positioned between therear extended portions of the side panels, said back panel extendingupwardly beyond the top of the side panels, the top panel being providedin its under face along its rear margin with a rabbet to receive saidupwardly extending portion of the back panel, and means for securingsaid extended portion of the back panel to the top panel.

LOUIS DONALD FISHER.

